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Data Analyst
Transportation & Utilities (LTU)
Join a department that’s investing in smarter tools, clearer reporting, and stronger data foundations. As LTU’s Data Analyst, you’ll collaborate with staff across LTU to maintain high-quality data, refine reporting processes, and develop visualizations that help people make better decisions.
Nature of Work
Under general supervision, the Data Analyst performs essential technical and analytical duties to support data management, reporting, documentation, and process improvement across LTU. This role ensures departmental data is accurate, accessible, well-documented, secure, and used effectively to support operations.
What You’ll Do
- Maintain and update departmental databases, spreadsheets, electronic records, and reporting files to ensure accuracy, reliability, accessibility, and proper documentation.
- Collect, organize, verify, and analyze data from multiple sources; develop and improve reports, dashboards, and spreadsheets using Excel, Power BI, and other Microsoft tools.
- Translate complex data into clear charts, dashboards, summaries, and recommendations for both technical and nontechnical audiences; support staff in understanding and using departmental data.
- Document data processes, maintain SOPs, identify workflow inefficiencies, and assist with testing and implementing process improvements and automated solutions.
- Demonstrate professionalism through dependable attendance, positive working relationships, initiative, independent work, and completion of required training and development activities.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, research methods, statistics or related field and two years of experience in research or analysis; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities and skills.
Salary : $31 - $39